The Cape-Atlantic League (CAL) is an athletic conference consisting of both
public high schools
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and non-public high schools located in
Atlantic County
Atlantic County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, the county was the state's 15th-most-populous county,[Cape May County
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,
Cumberland County Cumberland County may refer to:
Australia
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Canada
*Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
United Kingdom
* Cumberland, historic county
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, and
Gloucester County,
New Jersey
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. The Cape-Atlantic League operates under the aegis of the
New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association
The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) is an association of hundreds of New Jersey high schools that regulates high school athletics and holds tournaments and crowns champions in high school sports.
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. It was first established in
1949
Events
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, and today it comprises twenty-two schools, divided into anywhere from one to four divisions, depending on sport. All schools that sponsor a football program are members of the
West Jersey Football League
The West Jersey Football League (or the WJFL) is a 96-school superconference that stretches from Princeton, New Jersey, to Wildwood, New Jersey, encompassing schools from the Colonial Valley Conference, the Burlington County Scholastic League, th ...
.
History
Hammonton High School
Hammonton High School is a comprehensive community public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Hammonton, in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as the lone secondary school of the Hamm ...
, which was one of the conference's original members when it was established in 1949, had been a member of the
Tri-County Conference from 2014 to 2020, before returning to the Cape-Atlantic League for the 2020-21 school year.
[McGarry, Mike]
"Hammonton High School to rejoin Cape-Atlantic League in 2020-21"
''The Press of Atlantic City
''The Press of Atlantic City'' is the fourth-largest daily newspaper in New Jersey. Originally based in Pleasantville, New Jersey, Pleasantville, it is the primary newspaper for southeastern New Jersey and the Jersey Shore. The Designated marke ...
'', November 16, 2019. Accessed November 18, 2020. "Hammonton High School is back where it belongs. The Atlantic County school will rejoin the Cape-Atlantic League in 2020-21 for all sports except football.... Hammonton was one of the CAL’s six founding members when the league began in 1949.... Hammonton left the CAL for the Tri-County Conference in 2014."
Participating schools
References
External links
CAL League websiteSouth Jersey Sports high school list
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1949 establishments in New Jersey
Sports in Atlantic County, New Jersey
Sports in Cape May County, New Jersey
Cumberland County, New Jersey
Sports in Gloucester County, New Jersey
High school sports conferences and leagues in the United States
New Jersey high school athletic conferences